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Energy storage capacity is on the increase in the UK. With the announcement of a major new deal to deliver two 50MW batteries in large storage facilities in Oxford and Kent by the end of 2020. This will deliver 100MW of storage, enough to power over 36,000 homes.
33% of the UK’s electricity currently comes from renewable energy sources. This figure is increasing as new solar power and wind farms are built. Large facilities will allow for the storage of energy during peak generation times, … [Read more...]

Sustainable
racing?
The Isle of Man TT and the sustainability aren’t words you would normally put in the same sentence, fire breathing 230 bhp motorbikes ridden by the world’s best riders down country roads at over 200mph on a small Island in the Irish sea: not exactly the image of energy sustainability and carbon reduction.
Innovative technology for the racetrack
But, there is a new breed of racing that has been developing under the radar, taking place during the TT fortnight that has … [Read more...]

We are at a pivotal moment in time in the UK, the likes have never been seen before. Nuclear power is stalling, energy provided by fossil fuels are in rapid decline, energy imported from Europe is on the increase, Ofgem have significantly increased price caps, wholesale energy costs have risen by 10% in 2019 already and the strain on an already exhausted infrastructure is at breaking point - it all looks like doom and gloom, and it is if you don’t take action.
However, there is a light at … [Read more...]

KAST Energy and Duffy Motorsport join forces for TT and MotoE championship
KAST Energy and Duffy Motorsport have agreed an initiative to bring renewable energy powered racing to the racing paddocks of the UK and Europe. The collaboration will show the art of the possible with Duffy Motorsport and KAST Energy race entries being powered by energy generated locally to the races.
KAST Energy has expertise with Solar energy, energy storage and electric vehicle charging and will be developing the … [Read more...]

We've written a short article around UK energy pricing. Why costs have shot up over the last few years and how susceptible to further price rises they'll be after Brexit.
Energy Prices blog November 2018
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Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s.
The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a milestone that experts said would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
In the past five years, the amount of renewable capacity has tripled while fossil fuels’ has fallen by one-third, as power stations reached the end of their life or became uneconomic.The result is … [Read more...]